Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster
On Thu 12 Sep 2019 at 13:48:07 (-0000), Curt wrote:
> On 2019-09-12, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 07:31:13PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> >> Even more astonishing is the fact that the US Government switched
> >> their am/pm meanings sometime between 2000 and 2008, which shows
> >> just how ambiguous they are.
> >
> > [citation needed]
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#cite_note-26
>
> The style manual of the United States Government Printing Office used 12 a.m.
> for noon and 12 p.m. for midnight until its 2008 edition, when it reversed
> these designations,[14][15] later maintained in its 2016 revision.[23]
https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/gpo-style-manual?path=/GPO/U.S.%20Government%20Publishing%20Office%20Style%20Manual
During the 20th century, they used 12 m. for noon apparently (meridies).
I notice that the section heading confuses meridiem with meridian:
"9.54. References to meridian in statements of time are abbre-
viated as follows:"
Cheers,
David.
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